Growing business and babies

Wow, it’s hard to believe it’s been nearly a year and a half
since we launched Bearded Brothers. Through YOUR help, we have grown A LOT over
that time. It has been what many would be call, “slow growth”. But so far we
have done this without the help of outside investors, aside from our initial
Kickstarter project (wish we could re-shoot that video ;) that brought in a majority of the funds used to launch
Bearded Brothers.

Recently (as you probably have noticed) we launched our new
website, that several of our supportive friends help make possible. We also
released a video about us that was created a few months ago. Even since we have
made that video a lot has changed. We have grown from just Chris and I, to a
team of four individuals, working hard and growing this quickly growing, bootstrapped
company. The website, the video, and growth of our team are just a few examples
of the amazing amount of support we have received.

Even in our early stages, before we had over 75 retail
locations, friends and family showed us support beyond what we could ever
imagine. Now, those same people, along with thousands of new fans have joined
in the support of Bearded Brothers. Before our Kickstarter campaign even rose
funding we had support from friends, CEO’s, artists, strangers, and family. All
of which have been key contributors to our success.

The support we have valued the most, though, has been the
support we have received from our wives. They have put up with us working
multiple jobs, long hours, or in my case (Caleb) devoting full time to getting
the business off the ground. Not only have they put up with our crazy dream,
they were both responsible for the name “Bearded Brothers!” Both our wives came
up with the idea on the same night, but in different locations; It was at that
point we knew we had the perfect name for our new business.

So, if you haven’t quite figured it out yet, Caleb and Chris
are “brother-in-laws”. We get asked a
lot if we are actually brothers, so there you have it! Our families are very
close though, and we intend to keep the company family owned so that we can
share this with our future generations. In fact Caleb and Chris both are
expecting children in the VERY near future. For Chris this will be his second
son, and for Caleb, it will be his first child (a girl). *The above photo is of our pregnant wives during a recent photo shoot!

Bearded Brothers is a huge labor of love for both Caleb and
Chris. Not only for the reason of sharing healthy organic snacks with the
masses, but for reasons of family. We desire to support our loving wives, and
children, and to have something to pass onto them when they are old enough, all
while loving what we love!

We have felt tremendously blessed over the past year and a
half and look forward to future growth. This whole experience has been a huge
challenge, but it has also been a blast and we have enjoyed connecting with so
many people throughout the process. We feel like we have a second family in all
our supportive fans!

As for future growth plans, it’s hard to say for sure what
will happen. We still plan on launching seasoned nuts (as stated in our
Kickstarter project), a nut free bar, and a variety of other healthy snacks.
But, we are going about this through “slow growth”, but we feel it’s the right
way to do things. So, expect big things from the Bearded Brothers, and please
don’t hesitate to provide us feedback and tell us what healthy snacks you would
like to see us create.